Human Interest

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In this Sept. 9, 2016 photo, Shae McKinney, 25, receives her Murray Fire Department badge from her father Deputy Chief Dwain McKinney at the Robert O. Miller Conference Center in Murray, Ky. It took more than 100 years, but the Murray Fire Department now has a female firefighter. (John Wright/Murray Ledger & Times via AP)

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In this frame grab from video, taken Sept. 14, 2016, Sarah Gray with her son Callum, 6, and infant daughter Jocelyn in their Washington home. Callum’s identical twin Thomas died of a birth defect when he was just 6 days old, and the family donated Thomas’ eyes, liver and umbilical cord blood for medical research. Now Gray has written a book about her unusual journey to find out if that donation really made a difference, revealing a side of science laymen seldom glimpse. (AP Photo/Rick Gentilo)

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FILE - In this June 27, 2015, file photo, Oklahoma City Thunder NBA player Russell Westbrook arrives for the presentation of Dior Homme men's Spring-Summer 2016 fashion collection in Paris, France. When you're Westbrook, the undisputed king of NBA fashion, you don't spend the offseason like typical players do.The five-time All-Star passes his time designing clothes, perched on the front row for shows during New York Fashion Week or talking style and tennis with Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. (AP Photo/Zacharie Scheurer, File)

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In this Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, an aerial view shows the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in the remote Pingtang county in southwest China's Guizhou province. China has begun operating the world's largest radio telescope to help search for extraterrestrial life. (Liu Xu/Xinhua via AP)

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A man holds a copy of the program for the funeral of Terence Crutcher during services to honor him in Tulsa, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. Crutcher was fatally shot Sept. 16 by Officer Betty Jo Shelby. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Britain's William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte arrive in Victoria, British Columbia, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

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FILE - This May 3, 2008 file photo shows actor Bill Nunn watching students from Point Park University rehearse for his experimental project, dramatizing an African folktale, in Pittsburgh. Nunn, a veteran character actor whose credits ranged from the “Spider-Man” movie franchise to such Spike Lee films as “Do the Right Thing” and “He Got Game,” has died. His wife, Donna, said Nunn died Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 at his home in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, file)

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FILE - In this May 5, 2007 file photo, Buckwheat Zydeco performs during the 2007 Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr., who introduced zydeco music to the world through his namesake band Buckwheat Zydeco, has died. He was 68. His longtime manager Ted Fox told The Associated Press that Dural died early Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016. He had suffered from lung cancer.(AP Photo/Dave Martin)

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In this Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, smoldering smoker sits next to a beehive as a beekeeper examines a shallow frame, typically used for honey storage by honeybees, during an instructional beekeeping event on a farm in Napavine, Wash. Beekeepers grapple with the mystery of colony collapse disorder, the scourge of mites, the constant threat of predators, and a slew of other problems that come with raising these insects. (Jordan Nailon/The Chronicle via AP)

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Utah quarterback Troy Williams, left, scores against Southern California defensive back Adoree' Jackson (2) in the first half during an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Southern California linebacker Cameron Smith (35) tackles Utah running back Zack Moss (2) in the first half during an NCAA college football game Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos stare downward while extending gloved hands skyward during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City, Oct. 16, 1968. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at left. They called it a "human rights salute.'' (AP Photo/File) **FILE**

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In this Sept. 12, 2016 photo, Blaine Gibson speaks to the media during an interview about his on-going quest to find the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Canberra, Australia. Gibson is the first person searching for the plane who's actually found any trace of it and says he won't quit gathering clues until the mystery is solved. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, talks with Cathie Adams, past president of Texas Eagle Forum, at the annual Grassroots America We The People Champions of Freedom award dinner Friday. Mr. Cruz announced he will vote for Donald Trump. (Associated Press)

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FILE - In this May 19, 2016 file photo, A.J. McLean, from left, Kevin Richardson, Brian Littrell, Nick Carter and Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys perform at the 12th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert held at The Novo by Microsoft, in Los Angeles. Backstreet will be back - and back and back and back _ in Las Vegas. The pop group Backstreet Boys confirmed reports Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, they will begin a Planet Hollywood residency next year. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP, File)

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Investigators stand by the Los Angeles County coroners van after the body of a man was moved into it from a home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles, Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. Los Angeles police are searching for a suspect in the killing of a man at a home in the Hollywood Hills. The house is being rented by a former Canadian TV talk-show host George Stroumboulopoulos, who says the victim was a close friend who was staying there while he was in New York. Police were called Friday to the neighborhood not far from the Hollywood Bowl. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

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David Koechner. (Facebook)

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FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2016, file photo, a whale breaches close to the Harbor Breeze Cruises La Espada whale watching boat off the coast of San Pedro section of Los Angeles. California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, that he signed legislation meant to bring down the record numbers of whales getting caught in fishing gear meant for Dungeness crabs, causing unknown numbers of the entangled mammals to drown or starve. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

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The University of North Carolina at Wilmington has affirmed its commitment to free speech after an English professor boasted on social media about erasing students' pro-Donald Trump chalkings. (uncw.edu)